: a body of water usually smaller than a lake
a fishing pond
—sometimes used with the to refer informally or facetiously to the Atlantic Ocean
ponded; ponding; ponds
: to block (something, such as a stream) to create a pond
: to collect in or form a pond
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Noun
They moved here from across the pond.
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
South Caicos used to produce more salt than all the other Turks & Caicos islands combined, by evaporating seawater in shallow ponds.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
For places where water can’t be drained, like ponds and fountains, use mosquito dunks or bits that contain bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, BTI, a naturally occurring bacterium that kills mosquito larvae but is harmless to pets, birds and other wildlife.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
There’s even a glass solarium that serves as a meditation space while the garden and its pond invite bird watching — and glimpses of other wildlife.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
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Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, died by lethal injection in Florida for the killings of two women whose bodies were found in a pond in 1996, extending the Sunshine State's already record number of executions for the year to 14.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
South Caicos used to produce more salt than all the other Turks & Caicos islands combined, by evaporating seawater in shallow ponds.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
For places where water can’t be drained, like ponds and fountains, use mosquito dunks or bits that contain bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, BTI, a naturally occurring bacterium that kills mosquito larvae but is harmless to pets, birds and other wildlife.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
There’s even a glass solarium that serves as a meditation space while the garden and its pond invite bird watching — and glimpses of other wildlife.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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